NMLP P-037442 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

Leaves of Grass (1855 first edition)

Walt Whitman · Self-published, printed by Andrew & James Rome (Brooklyn) · 1855

Self-published first edition; the binder's records account for about 795 copies bound in stages between June 1855 and January 1856, in cloth and in plain wrappers/boards

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-037442 for "Leaves of Grass (1855 first edition)" by Walt Whitman (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-037442, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).